Inter-annual variability in phytoplankton summer blooms in the freshwater tidal reaches of the Schelde estuary (Belgium)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 694-700

  Lionard, Marie ^a   Muylaert, Koenraad ^b   Hanoutti, Abdel ^c   Maris, Tom ^d   Tackx, Michèle ^e   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Ecology and Systematics Laboratory   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

flushing rate; inter annual variations; phytoplankton biomass; phytoplankton community; Schelde estuary

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; IRRADIANCE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SUMMER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 50449093257     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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